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Monica Embrey @monicaembrey.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! Clean manufacturing is a
✅ Win for workers
✅ Win for climate
✅ Win for communities

by creating good paying union jobs, cleaning up pollution and keeping manufacturing businesses in California to make the products we use and love every day.

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social should sign #AB1280 today

Industrious Labs @industriouslabs.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Mendoza, Business Manager of IBEW Local 684 (@ibew-9th.bsky.social), makes the case for why investing in clean manufacturing is a win-win for the Central Valley. By signing AB1280, @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social can secure good-paying, skilled jobs for our communities. sjvsun.com/view/moderni...

Modernizing the Central Valley manufacturing sector is a win for good jobs, public health, and the economy

Assembly Bill 1280 offers the Central Valley a rare chance to retain high-value industrial jobs and operators while delivering on clean energy goals, writes IBEW's Mike Mendoza.

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 2d

If you’re in California and want to register your opinion with Gov. Newsom about AB 1167 and SB 24, you can call him at (916) 445-2841.

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 2d

If Newsom vetoes AB 1167 / SB 24, his critics will say that anyone who can’t stand up to utility lobbyists can’t be trusted to lower people’s utility bills. And they’d have a fair point.

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 2d

Newsom is staking his claim to national leadership on the notion that he will lower costs. Signing this bill will strengthen that claim and signal to customers that he stands with them, not the monopolies. x.com/CAgovernor/s...

Governor Gavin Newsom on X: "I just signed bipartisan laws to lower Californians' electricity costs, stabilize our gas supply, and provide a stable funding source for @CaHSRA's high-speed rail. Millions of Californians will soon start saving billions on their energy costs, and the savings don’t stop there. https://t.co/XyhlkSdXOQ" / X

I just signed bipartisan laws to lower Californians' electricity costs, stabilize our gas supply, and provide a stable funding source for @CaHSRA's high-speed rail. Millions of Californians will soon start saving billions on their energy costs, and the savings don’t stop there. https://t.co/XyhlkSdXOQ

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 2d

The answer is old as time: PG&E, SoCalEdison and SDG&E remain very powerful lobbying forces with the Governor. It’s fair to suspect that they are mischaracterizing the bill and using all their access with the Newsom Administration to lobby for a veto.

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 2d

Vetoing the bill would undermine all of @GavinNewsom’s efforts to lower Californians’ costs of living, so it would be only natural to wonder why on earth he’s rumored to be considering it.

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 2d

Newsom has already shown leadership this session on lowering customers’ bills. SB 254, which he championed and signed, “reins in utility profits” by making sure the utilities don’t earn profits on the next $6 billion they spend to reduce wildfires. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Commentary: Decent work on climate, Gavin Newsom. I still hope California's next governor is better

Here's what the the Legislature passed last week — on electric bills, renewable energy, oil refineries and more.

www.latimes.com

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 2d

California’s utilities are telling Newsom the bills are unnecessary because they don’t charge customers for politics. But we know that’s not true, because they keep getting caught doing it. Whoops!

www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

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SoCalGas fought a key California climate solution for years. It cost customers millions

The nation’s largest gas company has diverted millions in customer dollars to lobby for gas in homes and buildings. Its regulator has done little about it.

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 2d

Unsurprisingly, the policies that make up AB 1167 / SB 24 are also overwhelmingly popular: “93% of California voters agree that utilities should not charge customers for wasteful spending, including lobbying, PR, and marketing campaigns.” www.turn.org/press-releas...

California residents demand Governor and Lawmakers control skyrocketing utility bills, according to new poll — TURN

Sacramento, CA — California utility consumers are demanding lawmakers rein in skyrocketing rates and hold for-profit investor-owned utilities (IOUs) accountable…

www.turn.org

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 2d

California would be the 7th state in recent years to pass a law like this. These laws are already saving ratepayers money! Connecticut customers have been spared from footing the bill for up to $10 million of their utilities’ spending.
energyandpolicy.org/new-laws-cur...

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s how it works. The bill would:

1) Stop utilities from baking the money they spend on political influence into rates;

2) Establish new transparency reforms to ensure they follow the law;

3.) Mandate penalties if they break the rules.
energyandpolicy.org/california-l...

California passes bill curbing utilities use of ratepayer money for political spending

State lawmakers last week made California the seventh state to pass a bill limiting investor-owned utilities from using customer money to pay for political and lobbying costs.

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 2d

The bill (AB 1167/SB 24) would take the painfully obvious step of stopping monopoly utilities from charging customers for their lobbying and PR campaigns. Signing it into law would cement Newsom as a national leader on utility accountability and affordability. energyandpolicy.org/california-l...

California passes bill curbing utilities use of ratepayer money for political spending

State lawmakers last week made California the seventh state to pass a bill limiting investor-owned utilities from using customer money to pay for political and lobbying costs.

energyandpolicy.org

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 2d

A bill is sitting on @GavinNewsom’s desk that would lower Californians’ utility bills – all he has to do is sign it. But rumors are swirling that he plans to do the opposite - a move that could prove disastrous for California and for Newsom. A 🧵:

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Monica Embrey @monicaembrey.bsky.social · 8d

Learn more about coffee roasting in California!

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Monica Embrey @monicaembrey.bsky.social · 8d

Coffee shouldn’t come with a side of smog. On #InternationalCoffeeDay, join us to urge the Bay Area Air District to cut pollution from fossil-fueled roasters & boilers. Clean heat is here. Let’s use it. Sign here: act.sierraclub.org/actions/SanF...

Clean Up Industrial Pollution in the Bay Area -- Advance Rule 9-7 Now

Tell the Bay Area Air District: Prioritize Rule 9-7 to cut industrial pollution and protect community health. Send your letter today.

act.sierraclub.org

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Monica Embrey @monicaembrey.bsky.social · 11d

California's INDIGO program was created to both help decarbonize industrial facilities and benefit the grid. @industriouslabs.bsky.social's Teresa Cheng details to @volts.wtf how Gov. Newsom can sign AB1280 today to expand this program, benefiting biz & consumers

www.volts.wtf/p/how-to-cle...

How to clean up beer brewing and other low-temperature industries

Teresa Cheng and Richard Hart join me to discuss how to decarbonize industries that run on industrial boilers, like beer and paper.

www.volts.wtf

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28d

Big Oil spent nearly half a BILLION dollars in last year’s election cycle.

Now, they’re coming to collect — and they’re getting a big return on investment. Watch. youtu.be/aDQXiNlM5iM?...

The Secret Behind High Gas Prices

YouTube video by Robert Reich

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 28d

Welfare for an industry that makes hundreds of billions in profits and ravages the climate is civilizational self-harm. End it now.

Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column about the new study from @collinrees.bsky.social & @oilchange.bsky.social

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The US Is Giving Away $35 Billion a Year to Cook the Planet

Fossil-fuel producers should be taxed to defray the cost of climate change, not be given even larger subsidies.

www.bloomberg.com

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Manzanar Committee @manzanarcommittee.bsky.social · Aug 26

Over 500 people gathered on Saturday August 23rd in Little Tokyo to take a stand against the Trump administration’s attacks on truth, justice and democracy.

Check out the video by Alan Kondo of Nikkei Progressives here on the Manzanar Committee YouTube:
youtu.be/e9lc3FF-UdU?...

Never Again Day of Action 2025

YouTube video by manzanarcommittee

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Manzanar Committee @manzanarcommittee.bsky.social · Aug 28

"At a protest last weekend at Manzanar, where his mother was once incarcerated, Embrey and about 100 others decried censorship attempts and voiced support for the site’s mission to tell an unvarnished version of this chapter of American history."

#ProtectEveryPark

www.kcrw.com/news/shows/k...

Protest over history at Manzanar Japanese internment camp

Amid fears that their history will be erased by new Trump administration guidelines, Japanese Americans and others protested at Manzanar National Historic Site.

www.kcrw.com

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Economic Policy Institute @epi.org · Aug 26

BREAKING: DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says

Trump and DOGE are putting YOUR data at risk. As we said in May, working people will pay the price. Identity theft could cost working people $39.4 BILLION/year

Learn more: www.epi.org/publication/...

New York Times headline reading: "DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says; DOGE team members uploaded a database with the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to a vulnerable cloud server, according to the agency’s chief data officer."

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Manzanar Committee @manzanarcommittee.bsky.social · Aug 25

Check out the full program at the #ProtectEveryPark Day of Action at Manzanar National Historic Site where about 125 people gathered on Saturday August 23, 2025 to demand #NoErasure #NoRaids #NeverAgainisNow

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Protect Every Park - Day of Action

YouTube video by manzanarcommittee

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State Senator Jesse Arreguin @jessearreguin.bsky.social · Aug 14

Coffee is a popular drink in California, yet the process of roasting coffee beans can be expensive and environmentally damaging. I took a tour of Berkeley's Bellwether Coffee, which is leading clean tech innovation with the development of an all-electric, ventless coffee roaster.

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Manzanar Committee @manzanarcommittee.bsky.social · Aug 15

Manzanar Committee is hosting an event for #ProtectEveryPark Day of Action on Saturday, August 23, 2025, 2-4pm at Manzanar National Historic Site to denounce the Trump Administration attacks on our history and rights.

Join us!

#neveragainisnow #Manzanar #NoMoreManzanars

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Manzanar Committee @manzanarcommittee.bsky.social · Aug 14

What: #ProtectEveryPark Day of Action
When: Saturday, August 23, 10am -11:30am
Where: Japanese American National Museum Democracy Plaza 100 N Central Ave, Los Angeles CA 90012

FMI Contact
[email protected]

@protectparks.bsky.social @jamuseum.bsky.social @jacl-national.bsky.social

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